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'This Is Awful': Candace Parker Reacts To Caitlin Clark Dunking On LeBron James In Viral NBA 2K Clip

Originally posted on Fadeaway World
By Chaitanya Dadhwal | Last updated Aug 21, 2025 9:00 AM ET

NBA 2K announced a revolutionary update earlier this month, where they let players play with NBA and WNBA athletes on the same team. It has given way to numerous viral videos, but none as hilarious and out of pocket as Caitlin Clark dunking on ‘The King’, LeBron James.

Candace Parker reacted to the video in the latest episode of her podcast, ‘Post Moves with Candace Parker and Aliyah Boston,’ with Blake Griffin as their guest on the episode.

“Got Caitlin Clark knocking it down, Paige Bueckers being able to chest bump Dirk Nowitzki, A’ja Wi lson throwing a lob to Bam Adebayo like that’s pretty kind of dope. Caitlin Clark dunking on Bron and then flexing and then flexing and standing over the king? I love technology,” Parker exclaimed.

Clark is only six feet tall, while James is 6'9. This nine-inch difference is exaggerated by the fact that Clark has never once been seen dunking in her legendary NCAA career or her time with the Indiana Fever.

Clark’s Fever teammate, Aliyah Boston, took it a step further when asked which team she would like to play against in this viral new mode.

“I don’t know, obviously, we just saw Caitlin dunking on LeBron. So I feel like we’re playing the Lakers. I think this just kind of makes sense,” Boston said. But Candace Parker wanted more answers.

“Who did this? This is awful.... But LeBron’s PR team has got to get rid of this. I don’t care if it is a video game. Look at his arms! Not the King! Come on, man, you can’t do that to Bron. Don’t do that,” Parker said after watching the video for a third time during the podcast.

NBA 2K has Caitlin Clark DUNKING on LeBron James pic.twitter.com/d1WCDPsrIc
— Woodward Sports Network (@woodwardsports) August 16, 2025

It is a wild sequence that is a little hard to digest, even for a video game. NBA 2K26 added the sequence to the trailer to show people the capability and the absurdity of this new feature. Clark is seen elevating near the rim as the Lakers’ superstar gets brutally posterized and falls flat on the ground with Clark standing right on top of him.

Candace Parker Recalls Becoming The First WNBA Player On An NBA 2K Cover

Even though this is the first time NBA and WNBA players get to play alongside each other in the virtual world, Parker made her mark on the NBA 2K games as well.

She became the first WNBA player to be featured on the cover of the illustrious game for the NBA 2K22 edition. This year, Angel Reese took the baton from Parker and was the face of the game, looking to expand its gameplay to include the surge in the WNBA’s popularity.

“It was an exciting time because I feel like during that time it was like ‘oh, women can be in a video game?’ like it was still that era of thinking, and now we are seeing people actively want players, people actively call for players to be better within the game. A big one is Lexi Hull. They kinda did her dirty in 2025.” Parker elaborated on the difference the last four years have made for the WNBA.

The new feature will show fans unimaginable and sometimes improbable situations, but that’s a major part of enjoying video games, as they do let us experience things impossible in the real world.

This article first appeared on Fadeaway World and was syndicated with permission.

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